The long history of protesting with pots and pans
Demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron using items usually found in the
kitchen are part of a proud tradition that stretches across the world
“At
my home, saucepans and eggs are for cooking,” Emmanuel Macron said
after authorities in the village of Ganges announced a ban on “portable
sound equipment” ahead of a speech the French president was due to make.
The comment came amid increasingly vocal opposition to Macron’s controversial move to raise the pension age from 62 to 64, with protesters banging pots and pans to express their anger.
Macron is so unpopular that both high-end cookware manufacturer Cristel and IKEA thought trolling the government would be good for business! (For context, police has been confiscating kitchen pots from protesters in the past few days.)
